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womens health mag, “running for weight loss,” program?

does it really work?
how much did you lose?

First let’s learn how fat gain occurs, which is being in a hypercaloric state for a period of time.

If your BMR(basel metabolic rate) is 1500 and you have a daily energy expenditure of another 250 that leaves you burning 1750 calories a day. If you eat exactly this amount(called eucaloric state) then you will not gain but maintain weight.

However if your eating say 2000 calories when your requirement is 1750 calories/day then you are 250 calories over(this is called being in a hypercaloric state).

Now over time 250 adds up… These excess calories usually are converted and stored in fat cells(fat cells hold stored energy). 1 pound of fat has roughly 3,500 calories, so stay in a hypercaloric state for 2 weeks you should gain about 1lbs(give or take).

Now you see how this works?

What about losing weight?

Well the opposite is called hypocaloric state(hypo meaning below base line aka basal), so given the same variables above a person who requires 1750 calories a day only eating about 1200 will be in a 500 calorie deficit should lose about 1lb a week.

Running will increaes the expenditure(burning) of calories and therefore more calories will be burned and thus faster rate of fat loss will occur only if you are not eating more calories and offseting the benefits.

However it’s worth mentioning that running is not required by any means and fat loss can also occur through dieting alone(many people lose weight mainpulating their caloric intake and allowing the BMR/RMR to do the work for them).

Good luck.

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